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  • Turkey steps up attacks on SDF-held areas north Syria (SDF contains Kurds & Arabs)

    02/16/2017 4:18:32 PM PST · by Texas Fossil · 3 replies
    ARA News ^ | February 16, 2017 | Qehreman Miste & Wladimir van Wilgenburg
    Turkey’s military forcers and allied rebels in Syria continued their offensive against the town of Tel Rifaat in northern Aleppo, targeting positions of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), local sources reported on Wednesday.The Turkish Army and Turkey-backed rebels of the Euphrates Shield have been bombing Tel Rifaat since Tuesday. SDF headquarters and residential buildings in Tel Rifaat were hit with dozens of mortar shells. The Turkish troops and allied rebels also used heavy artillery and machine guns in the offensive–aimed at driving the SDF out of the town.The number of casualties is still unknown.In the meantime, two Turkish cobra helicopters hit the village of...